Action Camp 2018: Policing Race

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Historically, Advancement Project's national office ActionCamp has served as a training and campaign development space for young people and organizations working to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, bringing together hundreds of youth of color from across the country to sharpen their tools, share stories and strategies, and build relationships. In 2018, we expanded the scope of ActionCamp to drive deeper into the interconnectedness of policing, immigration enforcement and school militarization that prohibits our communities from living free and safe.

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